THE military’s alleged rejection of a stand down agreement between the government and the communist rebels was the reason behind the deaths of six policemen in a misencounter in Samar, the communist leadership said on Thursday.
“If there was a stand down agreement which would have been enforced on June 21, there would be no gunfight between the soldiers and police of [President Rodrigo] Duterte,” Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison said in a message to reporters.
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